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David Woods welcomes enquiries on his books and future projects: woodsdavid55@gmail.com General enquiries to: info@wta-publishing.comThe Author
During his professional career, David Woods worked as a journalist, a press spokesman for various government departments in London and for the World Trade Organization in Geneva, a communications director in the City of London, a publisher and a consultant on international trade. Since his retirement, he has devoted much time to research and writing, principally on the history of Chile and the roles played there by Europeans. Woods’s special interest in Chile intensified after he and his wife bought a nineteenth- century house in the UNESCO World Heritage port city of Valparaiso. During five years of restoration work, and since, he has researched the European roots of the country in museums and archives across Chile as well as in France, the United States and the United Kingdom. He has completed three books. The first, The Bombardment of Paradise, was published in 2011 and, in Spanish, in 2013. Woods then compiled a much broader account of the Europeans who voyaged to the west coast of South America as immigrants, entrepreneurs, naval officers, explorers, farmers and miners, from the Spanish Conquistadores onwards. The book Valparaiso Bound! was published in October 2016 with a second edition released in 2025. Following the publication of Valparaiso Bound! he focused on a Chilean personality of the nineteenth century who had become a particular fascination. The resultant book Meteor explored the remarkable life of Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna and especially his efforts to gain support for Chile, as well as armaments, in the United States during his nation’s war with Spain in 1865-66. David Woods has also written a satirical novel, called Sustaining Dugoud, humorously reflecting his experiences working in international organizations. Apart from their visits to South America, David and his wife live with their five cats near Aix-en-Provence, France. He is energetically engaged in curating exhibitions of art in the nearby Château de Lourmarin.
© WTA Publishing
Contact
David Woods welcomes enquiries on his books and future projects: woodsdavid55@gmail.com General enquiries to: info@wta-publishing.comThe Author
During his professional career, David Woods worked as a journalist, a press spokesman for various government departments in London and for the World Trade Organization in Geneva, a communications director in the City of London, a publisher and a consultant on international trade. Since his retirement, he has devoted much time to research and writing, principally on the history of Chile and the roles played there by Europeans. Woods’s special interest in Chile intensified after he and his wife bought a nineteenth-century house in the UNESCO World Heritage port city of Valparaiso. During five years of restoration work, and since, he has researched the European roots of the country in museums and archives across Chile as well as in France, the United States and the United Kingdom. He has completed three books. The first, The Bombardment of Paradise, was published in 2011 and, in Spanish, in 2013. Woods then compiled a much broader account of the Europeans who voyaged to the west coast of South America as immigrants, entrepreneurs, naval officers, explorers, farmers and miners, from the Spanish Conquistadores onwards. The book Valparaiso Bound! was published in October 2016 with a second edition released in 2025. Following the publication of Valparaiso Bound! he focused on a Chilean personality of the nineteenth century who had become a particular fascination. The resultant book Meteor explored the remarkable life of Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna and especially his efforts to gain support for Chile, as well as armaments, in the United States during his nation’s war with Spain in 1865-66. David Woods has also written a satirical novel, called Sustaining Dugoud, humorously reflecting his experiences working in international organizations. Apart from their visits to South America, David and his wife live with their five cats near Aix-en-Provence, France. He is energetically engaged in curating exhibitions of art in the nearby Château de Lourmarin.
